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Sherryn Adair
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Robert ReichRT @rbreich
Law enforcement killed 1,176 people last year, making it the deadliest year for police violence since 2013.
Instead of pouring more funds into our brutal system of policing, what if we invested in our communities?
It's time for us to reimagine the meaning of "public safety."
The richest 1% took home nearly twice as much wealth as the rest of the world put together over the past two years.
Folks, this is what oligarchy looks like.
Inequality MediaThe NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns.
The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate.
Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care.
Pharma buys off Congress. No action on drug prices.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
Steven Beschloss“Why in God’s name would Americans give up the progress we made for the chaos they’re suggesting?”—President Biden talking about House Republicans refusing to raise the debt ceiling and threatening to cut Medicare and Social Security
https://america.substack.com/p/overcoming-the-destructive-impulse
https://america.substack.com/p/overcoming-the-destructive-impulse
Cécile Lecoq“Glass towers. Empty sidewalks, empty highways, empty except for the One Car—the car that the car commercial is for.” https://www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-shouts/i-live-in-the-city-from-the-car-commercials
Alexandre Chailleux@asymco @BrentToderian A great article in “Le Monde” analyzing who could avoid using its car. https://www.lemonde.fr/les-decodeurs/article/2023/01/22/qui-pourrait-se-passer-de-sa-voiture-six-graphiques-pour-analyser-nos-trajets-du-quotidien_6158829_4355770.html#xtor=AL-32280270-%5Bdefault%5D-%5Bios%5D
Never forget this: The GOP’s nonsensical culture war is meant to distract you from corporate corruption, worker oppression, and staggering wealth inequality.
Federal minimum wage in:
2009: $7.25
2010: $7.25
2011: $7.25
2012: $7.25
2013: $7.25
2014: $7.25
2015: $7.25
2016: $7.25
2017: $7.25
2018: $7.25
2019: $7.25
2020: $7.25
2021: $7.25
2022: $7.25
The result: It's now worth 41% less today than it was in *1968*.